Riot Games · 1 day ago
Manager, Software Engineering - VALORANT, Esports Game Features
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expRiot Games is a company focused on creating player-first experiences, and they are seeking a Software Engineering Manager for their VALORANT Esports Features Team. The role involves leading a team of engineers to deliver exciting new features for VALORANT, while maintaining and building upon critical esports systems and fostering a collaborative team culture.
ComputerDeveloper PlatformPC GamesVideo Games
Responsibilities
Lead, grow, and coach team members to build talent over the long term
Demonstrate a high bar of craft excellence for your team
Take ownership of key components within VALORANT’s architecture, ensuring reliability, scalability, and long-term sustainability
Build, operate, and support live game services, including participation in an on-call rotation
Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle including design, implementation, and delivery of features while continuously improving the software engineering quality and efficiency
Identify, recruit, interview, and hire software engineers to help teams scale effectively
Cultivate your team's culture of collaboration, creativity and passion for game making
Qualification
Required
4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead & mentor
2+ years professional experience building distributed systems at scale
2+ years expertise with C++, Golang, or similar language(s)
Experience working in the games industry
Familiarity working in an agile environment
Preferred
Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies
Professional experience building large scale backend systems or game services
Professional experience building player- or user-facing frontend experiences (e.g. web, mobile, game)
Experience working on competitive multiplayer games
Experience with Unreal Engine
Engagement in the esports scene
Benefits
Open paid time off policy
Flexible work schedules
Medical, dental, and life insurance
Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
401k with company match
Company
Riot Games
Riot Games is a global company that develops online games.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$21M2018-12-31Series Unknown· $6M
2016-11-14Convertible Note
2011-02-01Acquired
Leadership Team
A. Dylan Jadeja
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Beck
Co-chairman, Co-founder
Recent News
2026-01-07
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